The Best Places For Business And Careers

Kurt Badenhausen
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Forbes Staff
I cover sports business with rare dips into b-schools, local economies

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The Best Places For Business And Careers

Edited by Kurt Badenhausen

The top of this year's list is filled with Midwestern and Western cities, areas with reasonable business costs, strong economic outlooks and a solid quality of life. Leading the way is Des Moines, Iowa, which grabbed our top spot after ranking seventh last year. Read More...

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This year's best places for business and careers form a corridor between the Southeast and the Northwest with clusters in the Great Plains and Intermountain West. California and the Rust Belt dominate the bottom of the list.